Huskies land touted Denver quarterback Miles

Cyler Miles, a 6-foot-4, 220-pound quarterback from Mullen High in Denver, has committed to Washington, Ryan Casey of the Denver Post reported Friday.

Miles, who will be a senior in the fall, is the second quarterback to commit for the class of 2012, joining Mercer Island’s Jeff Lindquist.

Miles and Lindquist will give head coach Steve Sarkisian five scholarship quarterbacks who are juniors or younger. Starter Keith Price, Nick Montana and incoming freshman Derrick Brown round out the list.

“Any school I would commit to, they’re going to have QBs,” Miles told Casey. “I mean, that’s the reality. No matter if they have one in my class, one in (2011) class — it doesn’t matter, there are QBs there, and you’re going to have to compete with them.”

Miles had offers from at least 15 programs, and his final decision came down to the Huskies, Illinois and Tennessee.

“The coaches were nothing but real, 100 percent sincere with my parents and I,” Miles told Casey. “That’s who I wanted to be around for four or five years.”

He picked Washington among at least 15 scholarship offers. He said his decision came down to the Huskies, Tennessee and Illinois.

Miles threw for 2,114 yards, 20 touchdowns and two interceptions last season for Mullen. He also ran for 250 yards and six touchdowns. Although he is not a run-first quarterback, Miles runs the 40-yard dash in 4.43 seconds. Rivals.com and ESPN.com rate him as a four-star recruit.

According to Casey, Miles is the best quarterback prospect to come out of Colorado in a decade.

Mullen won its third straight Colorado Class 5A state championship last season.

The verbal commitment can’t become official until Feb. 1, when high school seniors can sign a national letter of intent.